"Inside the Cars of the Trans-Am" and other articles

[Jon Mello]

From the 1969 Riverside Trans-Am program.


Bob Sanders Collection, courtesy of Robert Lodewyk

[crazyamc]

YEAH!!  Somebody else has the Car Life "Wagging the Dog" story!   Could someone PLEASE post the left-out pages of the article ?  I have not been able to find my copy for over a year now!       There is excellent race-to-race info that I need for an upcoming interview this month.   Thanks,   Ken

[Jon Mello]

I added those in for you, Ken. Sorry about the initial screw-up.

From the 1969 Riverside Trans-Am program.


Bob Sanders Collection, courtesy of Robert Lodewyk

[Jon Mello]

A May 1967 article on "Baby Grands". Grand Nationals were of course the top echelon Nascar cars and the term Baby Grands
was in essence referring to Trans-Am style sedans as a smaller version of those.

[Jon Mello]

An article on the Dan Gurney 'Cudas, courtesy of Robert Byng. Thank you, Robert!

[Jon Mello]

A little insight into some of the Javelin race cars being campaigned in 1969 . This info comes
the May 1969 issue of Hot Rod magazine, courtesy of Robert Byng. There is confirmation that
the two different Javelins Bob Tullius drove in '69 were built by two different entities. The few
paragraphs below are taken from coverage of the Citrus 250, a Nascar GT race at Daytona 2-69.




The "other" Javelin Tullius raced in '69, built by Ronnie Kaplan's shop.

Ron Lathrop photo

[klvn8r]

I'm 99% certain that the 33 car above is Revson's #3 car from the 1968 season.  Ted Roberts was in Follmer's #4 car from 68 (Roberts was #55).

klvn8r

[Jon Mello]

Good information on the Javs. Thanks for sharing.

Motor Trend's "1968 World Automotive Yearbook" with a nice article on the '67 Trans-Am cars, courtesy of Mike K (Swede70).

[Jon Mello]

Behind the wheel of a Trans-Am Barracuda. Many thanks to Mike K (Swede70) for sharing this with us.

[OG69Z]

Thanks Jon and Swede70 for a great story to start the day! I think we can all relate to a ride along experience!
Bob

[Jon Mello]

Glad you enjoyed that, Bob. Here's another one for our reading enjoyment, courtesy of Craig Wheeldon. (May '69 Speed Age magazine)

[klvn8r]

I wish y'all would stop exposing all of the AMC 'secrets'!!!   :^)

[Jon Mello]

You AMC boys got a lot of press back in the day.   

[Jon Mello]

September '71 article, courtesy of Craig Wheeldon.

[Jon Mello]

Some good insight into Ronnie Kaplan, courtesy of Craig Wheeldon.